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BobSmith wrote:Mark, I just don't think the B980's have the right proportions; to me the hook shank is too short when coupled with the gape. I have used the B525's for years now and just think they are perfect for the type of dressing that encapsulates the North Country style. They are light in wire and yet strong as they are course fishing hooks and they also have the extra benefit of not allowing you to dress past the barb due to their crystal bend. Give them a try you will be impressed, I have managed to get Philip Bailey using them now and he likes them, although he never gives me credit for it! Or for putting him on to the “Black Magic” which is the finest grayling dry fly to have ever come out of my fathers flybox.
